POLICE: 5 STUDENTS HELD IN T’GANA FOR ASSAULTING JUNIOR

HYDERABAD: Five students of a private business school in Telangana have been arrested and a search operation has been launched for seven others for allegedly assaulting a first-year student in the hostel room, police said on Saturday.

In his complaint to the police, the first-year student also alleged that he was forced to chant a religious slogan.

According to the police, the incident took place in Shankarpally on November 1 and the student approached the Cyberabad police through an e-mail on November 3. A video of the student being beaten up went viral on Friday. “A complaint was subsequently filed after inquiring into the veracity of the mail and the video,” Shamshabad DCP R Jagadishwar Reddy said.

The DCP said the incident took place following a rift between the victim and his former girlfriend. “The student allegedly made some comments on his ex-girlfriend... and she shared the chat with other students at the college, which led to the assault,” he said.